A monumental poem and an icon for Palestinian resistance, “If I must die” by Refaat Alareer should be heard all around the world. It is the last poem posted by Palestinian writer and academic Refaat Alareer before being targeted and killed by an Israeli air-strike in December 2023, in the ongoing genocide Palestinians are facing.
Words and stories have been essential to Alareer’s entire existence. In the anthology Light in Gaza (which Haymarket Books offered as a free ebook for #ReadPalestine week), he wrote “It’s both selfish and treacherous to keep a story to yourself—stories are meant to be told and retold. If I kept a story to myself, I would be betraying my legacy, my mother, my grandmother, and my homeland.” Knowing this, it is even more important to share his poem, his wish for freedom and his neverending hope - we must “let it be a tale”.
As part of the call to #ReadForRefaat by Publishers for Palestine and to amplify Palestinian voices, we created our own version of “If I must die”. We raise our voices in unison with many others who stand in solidarity with Palestine, for freedom and total liberation.
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You can find many translations of this poem here: [ Ссылка ]
The translation we used for the Romanian subtitle can be found here: [ Ссылка ]
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🌟 Credits:
If I must die by Refaat Alareer.
Narrator - M. Martelli
Illustrator - Mina Mimosa
Director & Editor - Aron Nor
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🇵🇸 This video is the first in our series of videopoems for Palestine.
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